nfsd: allow exports of symlinks

[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / fs / nfsd / export.c

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index c64d55f..18ac20f 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -358,10 +358,12 @@ static struct svc_export *svc_export_lookup(struct svc_export *);
 static int check_export(struct inode *inode, int flags, unsigned char *uuid)
 {
 
-       /* We currently export only dirs and regular files.
-        * This is what umountd does.
+       /*
+        * We currently export only dirs, regular files, and (for v4
+        * pseudoroot) symlinks.
         */
        if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) &&
+           !S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) &&
            !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
                return -ENOTDIR;